Hydrozoa |
Anthoathecata |
Bythotiaridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic; depth range 0 - 1000 m (Ref. 116114). Tropical
Western Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 4.0 cm H male/unsexed; (Ref. 2376)
Bell measures 40 mm high; small deep-brick red manubrium with 4 recurved lips and 4 tightly folded gonads, with orangish pigment near the tips of the large tapering tentacles; 12 or more large tentacles and a few small ones; 4 radial canals and 12 or more centripetal canals; bell transparent
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the order Anthoathecata are mostly colonial A-form hydroids. Life cycle: The zygote develops into planula inside the gonophore and is later released as an actinula which metamorphoses into polyp stage.
Kramp, P.L. 1961. (Ref. 2992)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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Unknown.